By Darrel Wheeler, Contributing Writer
“Kick Cancer to the Curb” was the motto last Saturday on the front lawn of MLK Park on Skyline Drive. The Cherish Moments Organization and collaborating friends joined forces to raise money for cancer research.
Resource booths, vendors, raffle-drawing, and of course, some good food, were also part of Saturday’s Flag Football (Cancer Must Go) football game.
Jaeden Washington, the Harriet Tubman Charter School 8th grade cheerleader, volleyball, basketball player, and track star can now add “football star” to her already impressive athletic resume! She helped to lead her team to victory with her clutch performances on cancel-cancer day,
“I was just trying to have some fun today and I did, and today was for a good cause,” Jaeden shared.
There were some talented, and not so talented ballers, showing what they could and could not do in front of a gathering of cheering and jeering family friends and strangers.
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